Winnipeg natives Rob Bendall, a former bush pilot and Vince Jandrisch,
an ex-Canadian forces Snowbird demonstration pilot will be among
the first to fly paying customers to the edge of space aboard
the Virgin Galactic fleet of suborbital spacecraft. The first commercial flights are expected sometime in 2014.

The CSA has confirmed that there are currently no scheduled flights of Canadian government astronauts beyond
Chris Hadfield, who will complete his five-month visit to the International Space Station (ISS) in May 2013. However, a CSA official has indicated that it's still possible that one more Canadian government astronaut could go to the ISS
before the end of the decade.